Collar button and stud



(No Model.)

G. CLAUTIER.

Goll'ar Button and Stud.

No. 234,961. Patented Nov. 30,1880.

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NITE STATES GEORGE OLATIER, OF AT'ILEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAR BUTTON AND STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,961, dated November 30, 1880.

.Application filed October 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE GLAUTIEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleborouglj, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Buttons and Studs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making 'a part of this specifica-tion, and vto the letters and igures ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure l ot' the drawings is an under-side plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the top button-plate. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the lower button-plate with .tubular shank, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the two plates when locked or fastened together. Fig. 4 is an under-side perspective view ot' the upper section or plate ofthe button.

The present invention has relation to that class of buttons or studs composed of two sections detachably connected together by a spring-bolt, catch, or other similar fastening; and the object of theinventionis to simplify the construction of the fastening employed for connecting and disconnecting the two sections ot' the button or stud, whereby the fastening is not only easily operated and effective in securely fastening the two sections together, but the article may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

These objects I attain by the construction illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent, respectively, the upper and lower sections or plates of a button or stud. per plate, A, upon its under side, has a central post, a, with a hole, b, passing horizontally through it 5 also, upon the under side of said plate A are anges e, one upon each side of the post. rI hese flanges c have each two holes, one ot' which is on a line with the hole b in the post a, upon each side thereof. Passing through these holes in the flanges c are hooked bolts d, the long shanks of the bolts passing through holes in the rim e of the plate A, and

The up-A in a straight line through the holes inthe flanges, after which the bolt turns at a right angle and again parallel with the shank, the end of the bolt passing through the hole ot' the liange which is on a line with the hole in the post, the ends of the bolts meeting through the hole b in the post a.

The lower plate, B, has a tubular shank, j',

-for the reception of the post a when the two sections or plates A B are connected together, the shank j' having a hole, g, through it to register with the hole I) in the post.

Coiled springs h are placed around the shanks ol' the hooked bolts d, between the anges c and rime. The outer ends ot' the shanks ot' the bolts d project beyond the rim cof the plate A, and by pressing these shanks in a direction toward the central post, a., the

hooked ends ot' the bolts d are caused to be disengaged with the holes .b g, respectively, in the post c and shank f, which will admit the two sections A B being separated. The hooked ends of the bolts d are pointed or beveled, so that when the tubular shank fis placed over the post aand pressed down to place, the ends of the bolts will be forced outward unt-il the hole g ofthe shank registers or is in line with the hole b ot the shank a, when the springs 71. will force the ends of the bolts through the openings, which firmly lock the two plates A B together.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, auddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a button or stud, the combination, with the plate B, having tubular shankf, with hole g, of the plate A and post a, having hole b, the hooked bolts d, springs h, andY anges c, said bolts passing through holes in the ilanges and operating to lock the two plates together, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE OLAUIIER.

\Nitnesses:

GEORGE A. ADAMS, ELIJAH R. READ. 

